Earlier this week Seven Seas Entertainment was teasing an announcement concerning some new licenses and a few days ago they delivered. The company has announced that they have acquired the license for Kashiwa Miyako’s The Testament of Sister New Devil, also known as Shinmai Maō no Testament, as well...

Viz Media recently announced their acquisition of the publishing rights to the new Shounen Jump manga series My Hero Academia.
The first volume of Kohei Horikoshi’s popular action series will be released in North America in August, and will carry a rating of “T” for Teens. The series...

Viz Media has just announced their acquisition of the Ultraman manga series. Inspired by the 1966-1967 Japanese sci-fi superhero TV series, this 2011 manga adaptation is updated with new elements to appeal to a new generation of fans.
This adaptation was created by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi...

Vertical announced three new releases at the recent KatsuCon, including a light novel release and two manga releases.
First up is an omnibus edition of the Seraph of the End light novels. The first omnibus is planned to be released in December 2015. So far 7 volumes have been released of the manga version...

VIZ Media has announced the acquisition of two new shojo manga series for their already impressive catalog. The new series are Idol Dreams by Arina Tanemura and QQ Sweeper by Kyousuke Motomi. VIZ plans on releasing the titles in their Shojo Beat magazine, in print, and digitally on the VIZManga online...

VIZ Media has announced that the upcoming sequel to Boys Over Flowers will release simultaneously in English as the Japanese release. Shueisha is releasing Boys Over Flowers 2 on the Jump+ digital manga platform as a bi-weekly digital serialization starting on February 15th. VIZ will be releasing the...

If you’ve been waiting for the next Pokémon movie to be released in English then you are in luck. Viz Media has announced that they plan on releasing the English DVD version of Pokémon: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction on February 17th in North America. If you prefer reading the story, then the...

The latest issue of Viz’s Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine has announced that they will begin releasing chapters of the breakout manga hit of 2014, My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia), in English starting with next week’s issue.
Viz Media also announced that they will begin running the...

If you were a fan of Nintendo Power back in the early ’90s you may remember that a Legend of Zelda comic book was included in some issues of the magazine.
Drawn by Shotaro Ishinomori, these chapters were eventually collected into a single volume manga release back in 1993 but since that initial...

Kodansha Comics made eight announcements yesterday, including releases for many popular titles.
Attack on Titan Colossal Edition by Hajime Isayama – $49.99 USD omnibus containing volumes 6-10 to be released in September.
The Science of Attack on Titan by Rikao Yanagita – Single volume to be...

With the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga being thirty eight volumes in length, it is quite an expensive challenge to try and collect every volume, especially since some may be hard to find now. As such, Viz Media has announced that they are now planning on re-releasing the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series in a 3-in-1...

Vertical has just revealed that they have acquired the North American rights to Hajime Segawa’s manga series Tokyo ESP. Two-in-one omnibus volumes are currently planned to begin release starting in Autumn. Vertical has not provided exact details about the release however online retailer Amazon.com...

Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
Author: Akira Toriyama
Artist: Akira Toriyama
Publisher: Viz Media
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Price: $9.99 - Available Here
Overview
Akira Toriyama is a name that almost every anime and manga fan knows. With his manga Dragon Ball he managed to create a series that to this...

Deadman Wonderland Volume 6
Author: Jinsei Kataoka, Kazuma Kondou
Artist: Jinsei Kataoka, Kazuma Kondou
Publisher: Viz Media
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Price: $9.99 - Available Here
Overview
In the past it used to be when an anime ended, the story for most fans would end at the same time as the Western...

Yen Press has just made a bunch of new announcements to kick of the new year. Below is a list of manga and light-novel acquisitions that will be sure to make many fans happy.
Durarara!! (light novel) by Ryohgo Narita and Suzuhito Yasuda
Rust Blast (manga) by Yana Toboso
Puella Magi Homura Tamura (manga)...

Today Seven Seas Entertainment took to Twitter to announce that they are kicking off 2015 with a number of manga license announcements. They have announced the licensing of the Akuma no Riddle: Riddle Story of Devil, Golden Time, Merman in My Tub, and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation manga...

With the Clannad Kickstarter set to end in 38 hours from the time of this writing, Sekai Project has released the opening video for the visual novel with English subtitles as a way to kick off the final stretch followed by releasing VisualArt’s/Key’s answers to questions asked of them by...

Shojo Beat fans who are looking for something new and short will be happy to hear that Viz Media has released the first volume of Meteor Prince in North America where you can purchase it physically for $9.99 or digitally through either Viz’s website or through numerous other digital...

Earlier this year Viz Media announced that they had acquired the license to release Jaco The Galactic Patrolman in North America and now they have announced when fans of the legendary Akira Toriyama can expect the first and only volume of his latest manga to be released in English.
Viz is planning on...

Today Viz Media detailed their plans for the rest of the month of December which includes a 70% off all digital manga promotion which will last until January 15, 2015 but what may come as bigger news to some is that they have acquired the digital rights to three manga series that were abandoned once TokyoPop...

If you happen to be a fan of Naoki Urasawa‘s other manga works, such as 20th Century Boys and Monster, then you will be delighted to hear that Viz Media is planning on bringing over a series never before released in English that Urasawa also created. This series happens to take place in a tense...

Kodansha Comics has just announced that it will be releasing the first volume of the Your Lie in April (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso / April is Your Lie) manga in English in Spring 2015. Naoshi Arakawa’s manga is currently being adapated into a 22 episode anime series. The anime has been licensed by...